Sex and Sexuality in Islam, Part 6

Masturbation

What? Naujubillah, Naujubillah. Do
you perform this act? If you are one of those 1% or 2% of men who
have never masturbated in their lifetime, then you are extremely
lucky, for, you do not have to undergo the terrible punishment that
is reserved for those (at least for 98% of all males) of men who do
'nikah' and adultery with their hands!

In nature, we find that all living creatures
capable of reproduction do masturbate. It is a quick, easy, safe and
neutral method of sexual gratification that is in practice since
'God' created the animal kingdom. Ask any medical professional/sex
therapist, if you do not mind, about masturbation and chances are
that he/she will tell you that, it is a harmless practice that may
even benefit you when you are under extreme tension or stress!
He/she may even tell you that masturbation is the method by which
sperms are collected for the sperm banks. However, this DIY sexual
act is totally 'haram' in Islam. If you ever indulged in
such a dreadful act in your privacy, be warned that almighty Allah
and His secret police/angels are recording your actions every time
you commit such 'adultery' with yourself using your own body parts.
You will be punished for such a vile act during your resurrection. I
am not so sure as to how the Islamic Sha'ria laws on
masturbation can be enforced in this world. The only way, as far I
can imagine, to enforce God's punishment for this 'sin/crime', is to
send Islamic 'moral police' to every cubicle in toilets, bedrooms
and private rooms of every individual. Assuming that the physical
punishment for masturbation in this world is nearly impossible to be
meted out, all the masturbators must now be prepared for the
punishment in the hereafter. So, what punishment these DIY sex
maniacs expect from an angry Allah?Well, if we have to go by some
authority on Islam, all those who have ever masturbated, will be
resurrected with their hands being pregnant!!

How will this be possible? You may ask.We
always thought that only women get pregnant. Nope!Allah can do
anything.I do not know for certain what will happen to the women
masturbators.What?Do women masturbate too?What a silly question I
have asked, you say? Let us hear from an expert on female
sexuality.Shere Hite, the famous sex researcher on female sexuality
reports that 82% women surveyed in a research project indicated that
they masturbate regularly.To this figure, I would safely add another
8 percent (at least) to make it a nice figure of 90% to include
those women who did not respond to this question through an answer
due to embarrassment. Thus, those women who do not admit having ever
masturbated, are, probably lying (see page 59, Shere Hite, The Hite
report: A nationwide study of female sexuality, 1977, published by
Summit books, New York).

In page 59, Shere Hite describes the true
nature of female masturbation thus, "How women masturbate is one of
the most important keys to understanding female sexuality (from the
point of view of orgasm): since it is almost always done alone and
since in most cases no one is taught how to do it, masturbation
provides a source of almost pure biological feedback it is one of
the few forms of instinctive behavior to which we have access."

In the same book, in page 60, she writes
further, "The fact that women can orgasm easily and pleasurably
whenever they want (many women several times in a row) shows beyond
a doubt that women know how to enjoy their bodies; no one
needs to tell them how. It is not female sexuality that has a
problem ("dysfunction") but society that has a problem in its
definition of sex and the subordinate role that definition gives
women. Sharing our hidden sexuality by telling how we masturbate is
a step toward bringing our sexuality out into the world and toward
redefining sex and physical relations as we know them."

Those few sincere and truthful statements
from a world famous researcher on female sexuality, whose work is
considered to be the biggest sex study since Master and Johnson,
even Kinsey Report, tells the scientific truth about masturbation.
Her honest comments apply equally to both male and female sexuality.
How could then Islam simply deny such truth and consider
masturbation as a serious moral offence and a crime?

I do not know what will happen to those
'lustful' decadent women during the resurrection.Will they have
double pregnancy?That is to say, will their hands, as well as their
bellies get pregnant?

Saeed bin Jubayr narrates that Rasulullah (Sallaahu
Alayhi Wasallam) said, Allah Taala will inflict a punishment on a
group of people because they played with their private parts.'

Ataa (RA) says, 'Some people will be
resurrected in such a condition that their hands will be pregnant, I
think they are those who masturbate.'

After learning the terrible consequence of
masturbation in Islam, is not it time for all of us (male and
female) to quit this 'despicable' habit?Nevertheless, I am almost
certain that most of us will never be able to give up such an easy
source of pleasure, which is available 24/7/365 at FOC.Where can you
get such a free ecstasy?To eradicate such 'dreadful' and
'contemptible' habit, the Islamists must launch a 'quit
masturbation' campaign similar to 'quit smoking' campaign.Then
again, I am quite certain that just like the 'quit smoking'
campaign, this will also be a dismal failure, This is because, 'a
standing prick and/or a wet vagina has no conscience.' Please
forgive me for my using liberally such vulgar words, but I could
find nothing better to describe the intense, innate and instinctive
urge that all creatures have to satisfy their sexual libido.It is a
desire against which no force on earth can stand. Those who smoke
continue smoking despite the 'quit' campaign and knowing fully well
the potential danger of smoking.Similarly, those who masturbate will
continue to masturbate no matter how much anger Allah has reserved
for them in the afterworld.Sexual gratification is the biggest
motivator of all living beings.Next to food, people will do almost
anything and will go anywhere to satisfy their sexual appetite.It is
as simple as this.The Islamic idea of masturbation is either totally
out of reality or extremely hypocritical, to say the least.Islam
wants to implant the sense of culpability and remorse by simply
taking the gullible believers for a ride to submit to its doctrine
through fear and guilt.

Here are the Sha'ria rules for those
die-hard masturbators. Please note that all is not lost. Practice
these Islamic rules and you may be saved!

Masturbation

Ghusl obligatory---e10.1 (reference 8, p.79)

E10.1 The purificatory bath (ghusl, def:
e11) is obligatory for a male when:

(1)sperm exits from him;

(2)or the head of his penis enters a vagina; and is obligatory
for a female when:

(1)sexual fluid (def: below) exits from her;

(2)the head of a penis enters her vagina;

(3)and after her menstrual period;

(4)after her postnatal lochia stops or after a child is born in
a dry birth.

(n:The Arabic term maniya used in
all these rulings refers to both male sperm and female sexual
fluid. i.e. that which comes from orgasm, and both sexes are
intended by the phrase sperm or sexual fluid wherever it appears
below.)

Fast broken---i1.18(9)(ibid, page 284)

i.1.18(9)Sexual intercourse (O: if
deliberate, even if there is no orgasm), or orgasm from stroking a
nongenital region or from masturbation (O: no matter whether such
orgasm is produced by unlawful means, like one's own hand (did:
w37). Or whether by lawful means, such as hand of one's wife);

Invalidates fast---I 1.19(3) (ibid, page 286)

I1.19(3) Of orgasm, whether as the result
of touching (O: such as kissing, contact, lying between the other's
thighs, or something else), or because of masturbation;

When I searched the entire Qur'an, I could
not even find the word 'masturbation.' in it. Thus, I am not quite
certain that masturbation is 'haram.' However many Mullahs
use verse 23:5-7 to mean that, among other acts that cause sexual
defilement (junub) /sin, masturbation is one of them. This
may or may not be true. Since I am not a Mullah, I leave this to all
the 'masturbators' to judge for themselves the latent meaning of
this verse.

023.005Who abstain from sex,023.006Except with those
joined to them in the marriage bond, or (the captives) whom their
right hands possess,- for (in their case) they are free from blame,023.007But those whose
desires exceed those limits are transgressors;-

Again, in Sharia books, we find that
this DIY sex is declared unlawful by Islamic jurors.

Unlawful ---w37.1 (Reference 8, page 932)

W37.1 (N:) Maturbation with one's own hand is
unlawful. Imam Shafi'I (Allah be well pleased with him) was asked in
connection with masturbation about word of Allah Most High:

"...those who guard their private parts, save
from their wives or [bondwomen] whom their right hands own, for
these are not blameworthy. But whoever seekd beyond that, those are
the transgressors" (Koran 23:5-7),

and said that these Koranic verses restrict
permissible sex to what is mentioned in them, since the last verse
denies that anything besides this is lawful.

Homosexuality/sodomy

In contrast to masturbation, the Qur'an is
very clear on homosexuality. In Islamic parlance, homosexuality is
termed as sodomy, although strictly speaking, sodomy and
homosexuality may not mean exactly the same thing.However, we shall
use the word 'sodomy' to mean homosexuality and vice versa.

Homosexuality is quite a burning issue now a
day, thanks to the worldwide movement by the gay and lesbian
community to establish their legitimate rights in the society. The
reform movement launched by the homosexual community around the
globe is slowly changing the society's perception of this kind of
sexual preferences. In many countries, the homosexual groups are
very vocal to demand their legal rights and are extremely active to
remove all forms of legal and illegal restrictions imposed on them.
They want to enjoy similar rights that any other citizen takes for
granted. Thus, in Australia, it is illegal to discriminate a person
because of his/her sexual preferences whether he/she is a homosexual
or not. There is the annual Mardi Gras festival celebrated in Sydney
every year around the first week of March to create awareness among
the populace that the gays and lesbians are a group of people who
deserve to be treated as equal in the eye of law and that they are
not a group of people to be despised, ridiculed, abhorred, subject
to vilification and violence. What Islam has to say on this issue of
gay/lesbian rights?

In Islam, it is simply laughable to talk
about the rights of homosexuals. Islam treats these people as worse
then animals/criminals and there is barbaric punishment for those
who engage in homosexual acts, either male or female.Islam considers
this kind of sexual preference as unnatural or deviant and as an act
against Allah.Sodomy deserves capital punishment (for men) in Islam.
Thus, all those people who participate in the annual Mardi Gras
festival are subject to be killed if they happen to live in any
Islamic Paradise and if ever they are caught in action, make no
mistake about this. Islam has no mercy for these people.

The Islamic argument that sodomy/
homosexuality is unnatural is very much debatable and cannot go
unchallenged.In a TV documentary, shown a few months ago, about the
research by scientists on homosexuality in animals, the researchers
were greatly surprised that homosexuality was quite common among
monkeys, chimpanzees, gorillas and baboons. They noticed that
homosexuality, even among birds and fishes, was very much prevalent.
The conclusion of the researchers was this: although not so obvious,
homosexuality is very much in practice in the animal kingdom. Why
should the humans be different?Many other studies have shown
conclusively that a small percentage of human beings are attracted
to the same sex. Therefore, the question is, whether this small
section of males/females should be treated as
criminals/murderers/rapists or not, and whether they should be meted
out with capital punishment? Most civilized society will never act
such barbarously, although the act of homosexuality may not be so
readily acceptable to the larger section of the community. The
urbane society will, at least, let these gay/lesbian couples have a
chance to live and enjoy their freedom as long as they do not
infringe on the rights of other 'straight' sex people. This is the
minimum that a cultured society will do for its 'non-straight'
people.

In Islam, however, the story is completely
different. Homosexuals are condemned to receive the severest form of
punishment in Islam. Homosexuality is treated as a serious sexual
crime like Zina and adultery are. Here are some Islamic
provisions for sodomy as found in Quran, ahadith and
Sha'ria.

In Qur'an, the act of sodomy is described as
the preferred sexual act of the people of prophet Lot, the nephew of
Abraham. The place where the people of Lot practiced this sexual
deviation is not stated in the Qur'an, although from historical
references we can infer the place to be either Sodom or Gomorrah
(ref. 6, p.149), the two biblical cities notoriously infamous for
sexual depravity. From the following verses we learn that Allah
destroyed the homosexual people of these places by baked
'brimstones.' Amongst those destroyed was also a wife of Lot! The
Qur'an does not give a clear reason for her destruction. The
following Suras refer to prophet Lot: 7:80-84, 21:74-75,
26:160-165, 27:54-58, 29:28-35.

I shall quote only some short verses, namely
7:80-84

007.80 We also (sent) Lut: He said
to his people: "Do ye commit lewdness such as no people in creation
(ever) committed before you?007.081"For ye practise
your lusts on men in preference to women : ye are indeed a people
transgressing beyond bounds."007.082And his people gave
no answer but this: they said, "Drive them out of your city: these
are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!"007.083But we saved him and
his family, except his wife: she was of those who legged behind.007.084And we rained down
on them a shower (of brimstone): Then see what was the end of those
who indulged in sin and crime!

According to the narration of al-Tibrani
and al-Baihaqi, Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W) is reported to have said:

"Four types of people get up in the morning
while they are under the wrath of Allah and they sleep in the
night while they are under the displeasure of Allah." He was
asked: "Who are they, O Messenger of Allah?" The Prophet replied:
"Those men who try to resemble women and those women who try to
resemble men (through dress and behaviour) and those who commit
sex with animals and those men who commit sex with men."

In the same book (ref.9) referring to various
Islamic sources, he concludes that sodomy is a great sin in Islam.
Here is an excerpt from page 242 of this book.

Can't kiss a boy (ibid, p.242)

"One who kissed a boy with passion, Allah
Most High will punish him for a thousand years in the fire of
hell."

He is reported to have also said:

"The Prophet said: 'One who touched a boy
with passion, he will be cursed by Allah, the angels and all the
people."

The above comment by Abdur Rahman Doi is
related to kissing and having sex with a boy, that is, a minor.
Therefore, strictly speaking, it is not really homosexuality; rather
it is child molestation, which is definitely a crime under even a
secular law. However, when we look into Qur'an we find complete
hypocrisy on this matter. In the description of paradise, Allah says
that He has reserved young and beautiful boys as servants for those
who qualify to enter the garden of paradise. This pleasure of child
molestation is especially relevant to the Jihadis of today, who are
dying just to have a real taste of paradise. Here are a few samples
of verses from the Qur'an.

052.020They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged
in ranks; and We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful big
and lustrous eyes.052.021And those who
believe and whose families follow them in Faith,- to them shall We
join their families: Nor shall We deprive them (of the fruit) of
aught of their works: (Yet) is each individual in pledge for his
deeds.052.022And We shall bestow
on them, of fruit and meat, anything they shall desire.052.023They shall there
exchange, one with another, a (loving) cup free of frivolity, free
of all taint of ill.052.024Round about them
will serve, (devoted) to them, young male servants (handsome) as
Pearls well-guarded.052.025They will advance to
each other, engaging in mutual enquiry.052.026They will say:
"Aforetime, we were not without fear for the sake of our people.052.027"But Allah has been
good to us, and has delivered us from the Penalty of the Scorching
Wind.

Here is another sample of Qur'anic 'boys' in
paradise:

076.017And they will be given to drink there of a Cup (of Wine) mixed
with Zanjabil,-076.018 A fountain there, called
Salsabil.076.019And round about them
will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness): If thou seest them,
thou wouldst think them scattered Pearls.076.020And when thou
lookest, it is there thou wilt see a Bliss and a Realm Magnificent.

If you have the time to search the Qur'an,
you will surely find many other verses that promise the company of
'beautiful' 'pearl' like boys used as a baits to convert the sex
hungry Bedouin Arabs to Islam.

We often hear from the Islamic apologists
saying that those 'boys' are simply the server of wine and not for
sex. What a great hypocrisy it is! Why did not Allah engage
exquisitely beautiful 'Hurs' to serve the wine? Why Allah has to
resort to 'pearl' like beautiful boys/youths? As it was the practice
of those days, why not let the black 'habshi' slaves be the server
of wine? The truth is that many Arabs of those days were fond of
sexual molestation of children that included both girls and boys. We
find plenty of examples of this type of abuse in the child bride of
many of the holy men of Islam including the Prophet himself. What is
not apparent is that, this sexual abuse was also common with
beautiful boys too. Obviously, Muhammad was greatly disturbed by the
sexual misconduct of his followers, but he was very clever in
enforcing a total ban on this. He simply deferred this pleasure for
the eternal life in paradise. Thus, this kind of sexual molestation
became a great temptation for the Jihadis to join Muhammad's wars
and to die for the taste of his promised lustful paradise. But with
great tact, Muhammad also made it known to his followers that,
sodomy will not be tolerated in this world and pronounced a great
punishment for indulging in such practices, much similar to Zina
and adultery. So, what punishment one may expect for sodomy? In this
context, it is good to understand the Islamic concept of sodomy.

As I understood from consulting several
Islamic sources, the real meaning of sodomy is performing sexual
intercourse through anus, be it a man or a woman. Thus, if a man has
anal intercourse with a stranger woman, it will be treated as an act
of sodomy, and will attract Hadd punishment. If he has anal
sex with his wife, this too, will be treated as sodomy that deserves
Ta'azir (discretionary)punishment and not
Hadd punishment (ref. 9, p.243). However, I could not find what
sort of punishment would this be; that is, whether beheading,
stoning to death or Islamic lashing.So, this is a topic of great
doubt and confusion.

Now, the question is, what happens if a man
kisses another man, or hugs another man or does any other physical
act except anal intercourse? Does this constitute sodomy? Another
perplexing question is, can lesbianism be treated as sodomy? It is
impossible to have anal intercourse between two women. What is the
criterion of homosexuality (read lesbianism) in women? What happens
if two women kiss and caress each other without any sexual act? Does
this fall under sodomy or homosexuality? I have been thinking about
this problem ever since I read about the treatment of homosexuals in
Islam. I would appreciate anyone who can enlighten me on this
matter.

As stated earlier, any sexual act that
involves the penetration of penis into anus, be that of a man or a
woman, and the 'injection of sperms' (as is known in Islamic
vocabulary; see below) there in, is an act of sodomy, as far as
Islam is concerned. The punishment for such act varies depending on
the Juris of Islamic law. This is a very serious matter, since it
may mean life and death. According to some authority, there is no
prescribed punishment (hudud) but only discretionary (Ta'azir)
punishment that may involve even death sentence.

Here is what Abdur Rahman Doiwrites on the
punishment for sodomy:

Kill both---(ref. 9, p.243)

All Muslim jurists agree that sodomy is a
sexual offence but differ in their punishment. According to Imam Abu
Hanifa, the act of sodomy does not amount adultery and therefore
there is no punishment by Hadd to be given to the offender
except Ta'azir. Acoording to Imam Malik the hadd
punishment will be applied whether the offender is married or not.
He relies on the following Hadith:

It is reported by Abu Hurairah that the
Messenger of Allah (S.A.W.) said: "If you find someone who is
committing an act of commitment of Lut (that is homosexuality),
"kill the one on top and one below" and in another statement says:
"kill the doer and the one with whom the act is committed."

"Abu Hurairah reports: That the Prophet (S.A.W.)
said, "Imam Shafi'I, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad have said that if the
offender is married the hadd of stoning to death will be
applied, but if he or she is unmarried, only punishment by
Ta'azir will suffice.

No backside---(ref. 9, p.243)

It is also a crime to have sex with one's
wife in an unnatural way, that is, through the back (anus). The
majority of the jurists believe that Ta'azir will apply
since this is the case surrounded by doubt (shubuhat) and
wherever there is a doubt, the hadd will not be applied.

Kill both p17.3 ( ref. 8, p. 665)

P17.3 The Prophet (Allah bless him and give
him peace) said:

(1)"Kill the one who sodomizes and the one who lets it be done
to him."

(2)"May Allah curse him who does what Lot's people did."

(3)"Lesbianism by women is adultery between them."

Here is more terrible news from Hedaya
(ref.11, p.185) for those who indulge in sodomy and hope for Islamic
mercy:

And no likewise sodomy, committed with a
strange woman IF a man copulate with a strange woman in ano
(that is, commit the act of sodomy with her), there is no stated
punishment for him, according to Haneefa; but he is to be corrected
by Tazeer. The Jama Sagheer directs an aggravation of the Tazeer or
correction in this case, and says that the offender must be kept in
a place of confinement until he declares his repentance. The two
disciples have said that as this act resembles whoredom, the person
committing it is subject to the stated punishment for whoredom; and
there is one opinion of Shafei to this effect; but another opinion
of his is that the parties should be put to death, of whatever
description they may be that is whether they be married or not
because the Prophet has said, "Slay both the ACTIVE and the PASSIVE"
(or according to another tradition, "Stone both the AGENT and the
SUBJECT)" The argument of the two disciples is that the act in
question has the property of whoredom as that is defined to be an
"act of lust committed in that which is the subject of passion,
completely and under such circumstances as to be purely unlawful,
and where the design is the injection of Semen." Haneeffa, on the
other hand argues that his conjunction is not actual whoredom,
because the companions of the Prophet have disagreed concerning
their decrees upon it, for some of them have said that offenders of
this kind should be burnt, some that they should becast headlong
from some high place, such as the top of a house and then be stoned
to death and so forth; moreover, the conjunction to question has not
the property of whoredom, as it is not the means of producing,
offspring so as (like whoredom) to occasion any default in birth or
confusion in genealogy;--besides, this species of carnal intercourse
is of less frequent occurrence than whoredom, because the desire for
it exists only on the part of the active and not the passive,
whereas in whoredom the desire exists equally on both sides. As to
the tradition cited by Shafei, it probably relates to a case where
an extraordinary and exemplary punishment is requisite; or where the
perpetrator inculcates and insists upon the lawfulness of the act.

From the above few paragraphs, it is obvious
that the concept of homosexuality, as perceived by Islam, is totally
flawed. Never mind if it is flawed, as long as this act did not
invite any corporal or capital punishment. The truth is this;
because of the ambiguity in the interpretation of the very nature of
this sexual 'deviation', there is every possibility of miscarriage
of justice. Due to the confusions and differences in opinions, it is
not fair to inflict the terrible punishment on those who have desire
to have a family with a partner of same sex .The Islamic rules on
homosexuality are completely inhuman and out of time. One may not
like 'gays' and 'lesbians', but it is totally unjust to deny them a
right for their lives (that is, to live) if they happen to fall in
love with the same sex without infringing on the rights of others.

Bestiality

Having sex with an animal? How is this
possible, we often wonder? You have heard sex with man and woman,
sex with man and man as well as sex with woman and woman and even
sex with oneself. Was not that enough? No, not yet. If reading the
sexual deviation in God's creation has disgusted you, then this last
topic (bestiality) must be the most disgusting of all, no doubt. For
most people, it is impossible to comprehend how one can have sex
with an animal! This is similar to committing a murder/suicide. For
most common people, the act of murder/suicide is very difficult to
understand. Despite this rarity, there are murderers and performers
of suicidal acts. Ditto for bestiality. It is a form of very rare
sexual deviation, similar to homosexuality, necrophilia, fetish,
sadomasochism... etc. However, we cannot simply ignore these sick
people. They need correctional treatment rather than punishment.
However, in Islam, there is no such notion as treatment or
correction, but only terrible punishment for sexual deviationists;
as though, by inflicting such barbaric punishment, the abnormality
in human behaviour can be corrected! Let us first look into Islamic
sources as to what is bestiality and how Islam tries to handle such
repulsive sexual act.

The most interesting observation is that,
there is a huge difference in opinion among the Islamic jurists
regarding the nature of punishment to be meted out for bestiality.
The punishment for the perpetrator of this act varies from no
punishment to the killing of the accused. I am wondering why Allah
did not know that his creatures, would, not only fall in love with
their own species but also with different species as well. Why Allah
was so careless when he created love in the hearts of men women? How
come He overlooked the possibility of some deviation from his
standard definition of 'love'? Since Allah overlooked this matter,
now the Mullahs have a great time establishing their authorities on
this matter. This is of grave concern, no doubt, because it could
involve life and death for an offender. Please peruse the following
excerpts from Hedaya with hilarity and think of what would happen to
you should you ever become a victim of this Islamic law/s. Also,
note that the beast always receives the punishment (slaughtering)
even though it never commits the crime. So much for Islamic mercy
for animals and wild life!

Punishment for bestiality

There is considerable confusion regarding the
Islamic punishment for having sex with an animal. The punishment may
range from very little to the stoning to death.

The famous Sha'ria expert Abdur Rahman Doi
(ref. 9, p.243) writes that according to Imam Malik, Abu Hanifa and
Zahir only Ta'azir is to be applied and not hadd.
The flesh of the animal is halal when slaughtered. But Imam
Hanbal and Shafi'I hold that hadd punishment of stoning to death
should be applied on the individual and the animal should also be
killed and its flesh is unlawful.

Punishment for bestiality (ref. 11, p.185)

And bestiality IF a man commit
bestiality he does not incur Hidd or stated punishment, as this act
has not the properties of whoredom, for whoredom is a heinous
offence, as being a complete act of lust, to which men feel a
natural propensity; but this definition does not apply to copulation
with beasts, which is abhorred by an undepraved mind (whence it is
not held incumbent to cover or conceal the genitals of brutes); and
men can have no reason for desiring carnal connexion with brutes,
but from the most vitiated appetite, and the utmost depravity of
sentiment;--Hidd therefore is not incurred by this person; but he is
to be punished by a discretionary correction for the reasons already
specified. It is recorded, also, that the beast should be slain and
burnt; this however, is only where the animal is not of an eatable
species; but if it be of the eatable species, it is to be eaten
(according to Aboo Haneefa) and not burnt. Aboo Yoosaf holds that it
should be consumed with fire in both cases, the perpetrator (where
it belongs to another person) remaining responsible to the owner for
the value; but yet the burning of it is not absolutely incumbent.;
nor is it to be burnt for any other reason than as, by this means,
all recollection of so vile a fact may be obliterated, and the
perpetrator shielded from the disgrace which would attach to him in
case of the animal remaining alive.

Summary and conclusion:

It was not easy to unmask the truth behind
the seemingly pious look of Islam regarding sexual matters.Islam
gives the impression that it is the only 'moral police' and 'ethical
guardian' in the world who has the final say on sex and sexual
matters. This is completely untrue. When the veneer of piety and
morality and the 'hijab' that is forcibly put on sexual
matters is lifted, what we see is a completely different picture
with regards to sex in Islam. These observations can be summarized
below:

1.The true meaning of sex in Islam is the possession of female
sex organs either through dowry in marriage or through the capture
of enemy/infidel women by Muslim men.

2.The Islamic version of sex primarily means the sexual
pleasure/enjoyment of men that culminates in the 'injection of
sperms' in a female vagina.

3.Men are the actors in sex and the women are the objects who
are acted upon.

4.In the Islamic concept of sex, there is virtually no room for
female sensitivity, her likes and dislikes and the consideration of
her sexual satisfaction.It is nearly impossible for a Muslim woman
to express her sexual desire.If she is little demanding on sexual
matters, she is treated as a whore.

5.The thought of love, feelings, empathy, and consideration,
especially on the part of a Muslim woman is sadly missing in the
legal provision for the supply of sexual pleasure to a Muslim man by
a woman.Sex is viewed as a compulsive desire of men, that, only he
is entitled to enforce on a woman with brute force, if necessary.

6.In Islam, homosexuals and other sexual deviants are worse
than murderers. There is no room of mercy for them.

7.Islam gives an open license to Muslim men to have sexual
intercourse with women as long as these women are not Muslims and/or
when these Muslim men are living in an infidel country.

The concept of sex in Islam is totally
flawed, if not completely wrong.It is solely based on the medieval
and barbaric Arab/Bedouin culture where 'male orgasm' was the only
concept of sex. With this outdated idea of sex in Islam, it is
impossible to have a sexually satisfying relationship except for
gratifying one's base and raw carnal desire.